. . . . . . . "It is the summer of 1914, Golden days that look to roll on forever . . .who could hear the guns of August? Deep in the Basque countryside, a young doctor signs on at a clinic. His first case is simple, the consequences complex . . .for he meets a young woman, Katya, with whom he falls deeply in love. From container."@en . . "Mystery fiction"@en . . . "A doctor recalls his enchanted summer of 1914 in a rustic French village before the outbreak of World War I."@en . "The summer of Katya"@en . "The summer of Katya" . "Under the ardent blue skies of the Basque countryside, a sensitive young doctor falls deeply in love with a dark and haunting stranger. She is Katya, sensuous, intelligent and unconventional." . . . . . . . . .